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When you upgrade from TFS 2005 to TFS 2008, if your project has strong name setup then building your solution from TFSBuild might throws error: Target "ResolveKeySource" in file "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Microsoft.Common.targets...

Scenario 1. You have set up a linked server to an Oracle database in SQL Server 2. You have created a synonym for an Object from the Linked Server CREATE SYNONYM [dbo].[SynonymProducts] FOR [Oracle_DATABASE]..[PRODRHDW].[Products ] 3. Attempt...

If you have a test class inheritance and you using tfsbuild to build, you get the following error but it builds fine from IDE UTA004: Illegal use of attribute on abc.Class1. The TestMethodAttribute can be defined only inside a class marked with the...

When build machines reboots the tfsbuildservicehost service does not start automatically and throw the below error in event log Service cannot be started. Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TeamFoundationServiceUnavailableException: Team Foundation services...

PROBLEM: You cannot resolve self-references through the current DBPro Project database reference implementation . For more info see: The Data Dude Blog : Self Referencing Example 1: Self- referencing store procedure calls cause Warning TSD04151...

If you change the code analysis policy settings and click on either "Merge with checkin policy" or "replace with checkin policy" in "Code Analysis Setting for Solution" in the "analyze" tab it shows the below error. “The operation could not be completed...

Scenario: You have a recorded a web test using Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition SP1. When you play back the web test it fails. The actual error message might vary. Reason: By default Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008...

1. Inside your TFSBuil.Proj file overwrite the BeforeTestConfiguration target with something similar to the one below. 2. Specify the name of the test results files on 2 locations. Inside the command line below – this will be the actual...

lf the projects were building fine in VS 2008 but after upgrade to VS 2010 project it’s not building and fail with error “The type 'ABC.Class1' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'XYZ.Test1...

Scenario: We have a VS solution that includes an ASP web service/ASP Application and a deployment project for the ASP web service/ASP Application. The solution is added to source control. We want to build the MSI package only if changes were made to the...

If you are building 2008 solution that contains a web project that has a 32 bit dll reference and a WDP project , on 64 bit TFSbuild 2010, you might see that when the WDP project is built its calling the 64 bit version of aspnet_compiler, but the dependant...

TFS2010: Test Attachment Cleaner and why you should be using it http://blogs.msdn.com/b/granth/archive/2011/02/12/tfs2010-test-attachment-cleaner-and-why-you-should-be-using-it.aspx 2. Test Attachment Cleaner for Visual Studio Ultimate...

And the answer is yes. I came accross this question many time so thought of putting a blog on it. Below are the steps to follow on how to bind datasource to validation rule. Its not different than any other databinding in test. 1. You should have a...

Issue description: If you have configured TFS 2010 in domain environment A along with SSL configuration and trying to run your tests in MTM from a different domain B, You may get the error below: The underlying connection was closed: could not...

Create a new Build Definition using the Default Process Template in TFS 20120. For a complete walk through, please see: Run Tests in Your Build Process http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253138%28v=vs.110%29.aspx NOTE: When you edit...

Issue description: You may face issue while triggering the load test from VS2010 and controller and agents on different machines, status of the tests always in "In pending" status. Error message in controller log file: (QTController.exe,PID...

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION ================== After changing the area path when trying to run tests from test manager, the following error is produced : You cannot run the selected test. The structure path Team Project Collection/ Project(e.g. for an...

Problem You are trying to use Test Impact Analysis on your current project. The application is an ASP.NET frontend, a presentation layer and a WCF service layer. You have enabled Test Impact Analysis. But when you change some code in your...

List of all available updates for Visual Studio 2010 Testing Tools: You experience slow performance when there are many builds in Team Foundation Server in Microsoft Test Manager 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2253789 Update for Microsoft...

Issue description: You may notice that performance counters for database server does not show up in the load test report with VS2010 Root cause: Multiple instances of SQL server and delay in fetching the counters. In this case, there is actually...

Issue description: If you have configured TFS 2010 in domain environment along with SSL configuration and trying to run your tests in MTM from a workgroup environment, you may get the error below: The underlying connection was closed: could not...

Issue with the Tester field empty in the test cases while working with MTM 2010 Problem Description: You may face issue with the Tester field empty in the test cases in MTM 2010. Resolution: This issue may occur due to two reasons: ...

Problem description: Here I am describing some tips around troubleshooting webtest failure during playback of the recorded webtest scripts. Resolution: You may notice that you have recorded webtest for your application, however, it fails during...

Problem description: Performance issue with the CodedUI test while searching for the HTMLHyperLink control in case you have several controls of this type on the web page. Resolution: You may notice that CodedUI test will take time to search...

Problem Description: Recently got an issue where after migration of the VC++6.0 application to VC++10.0, controls were not getting recognized by CodedUI test builder tool. Resolution: In this kind of scenario, first check if the Inspect...